UN Chief Demands Greater Possibilities of Access for Girls

UN Chief Demands Greater Possibilities of Access for Girls

UN Chief Demands Greater Possibilities of Access for Girls

United Nations, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, is drawing attention on Thursday to the need to expand opportunities so girls can access more jobs and on equal terms in the future.

On occasion of the International Day of the Girl, the UN head warned that about a quarter of the world's young people, mostly women, are not employed or receive any kind of training.

Guterres posted on Twitter the link to a UN website that offers alarming figures about the number of girls who lack access to education and job training.

According to data from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), about 600 million adolescent girls will enter the workforce in the next decade, so this date seeks to highlight the need to invest in opportunities so they acquire skills for employment.

The current generation of girls is preparing to enter a labor world in full transformation due to innovation and automation, but many do not have access to any kind of training for the future, UNICEF says.

In the next decade, of one billion young people who will join to labor market, nearly 600 million will be girls and adolescents and more than 90 percent of those living in developing countries will work in the informal sector, that is, they will perform regulated or unprotected works, receive a low or no salary , and have been exposed to abuses and exploitation.

At present, many girls are not developing the necessary skills that will guarantee them a decent job in the future: about 10 percent of girls in primary school age are out of school and many more cannot start secondary education, UN agency states.

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UN Chief Demands Greater Possibilities of Access for Girls

United Nations, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, is drawing attention on Thursday to the need to expand opportunities so girls can access more jobs and on equal terms in the future.

On occasion of the International Day of the Girl, the UN head warned that about a quarter of the world's young people, mostly women, are not employed or receive any kind of training.

Guterres posted on Twitter the link to a UN website that offers alarming figures about the number of girls who lack access to education and job training.

According to data from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), about 600 million adolescent girls will enter the workforce in the next decade, so this date seeks to highlight the need to invest in opportunities so they acquire skills for employment.

The current generation of girls is preparing to enter a labor world in full transformation due to innovation and automation, but many do not have access to any kind of training for the future, UNICEF says.

In the next decade, of one billion young people who will join to labor market, nearly 600 million will be girls and adolescents and more than 90 percent of those living in developing countries will work in the informal sector, that is, they will perform regulated or unprotected works, receive a low or no salary , and have been exposed to abuses and exploitation.

At present, many girls are not developing the necessary skills that will guarantee them a decent job in the future: about 10 percent of girls in primary school age are out of school and many more cannot start secondary education, UN agency states.